Hsin Pei
Hsin Pei | |
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School | Fo Guang Shan |
Dharma names | Hui Han |
Personal | |
Born |
Penghu County, China | March 13, 1970
Senior posting | |
Title | Most Venerable |
Predecessor | Hsin Ting |
Successor | Hsin Bao |
Religious career | |
Teacher | Hsing Yun |
Hsin Pei (Chinese: 心培和尚; pinyin: Xīnpéi Héshàng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-pôe hô siōng; born March 13, 1970) was the seventh and eighth term abbot and director of the Fo Guang Shan, a new religious movement from Taiwan.[1] The youngest abbot ever elected to the order, Hsin Pei was elected by the members of Fo Guang Shan worldwide in 2004 and succeeded retiring abbot Hsin Ting in 2005. As abbot of the Order, Hsin Pei is the second highest monastic in the order, and is second in line to the position of head teacher. His term ended in March 2013. Hsin Pei currently resides in the United States in order to improve his English.[2]
References
- ↑ "Volunteers cleanse Buddha and selves". Taipei Times. December 29, 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑
Buddhist titles | ||
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Preceded by Hsin Ting |
Abbot and Director of Fo Guang Shan 16 January 2005 – 12 March 2013 |
Succeeded by Hsin Bao |
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